单词 | misdeed |
释义 | misdeedn. 1. An evil deed; a wrong action; an offence, a crime. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun] misdeedeOE guilt971 evilOE follya1275 trespassc1290 errorc1330 illa1340 untetchea1375 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 faultc1400 demerit1485 disorder1581 misfeasancea1626 misactiona1667 trespassage1874 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed misdeedeOE murderOE harmOE un-i-selthlOE ungooda1250 wickednessa1325 illa1340 untetchea1375 villainy1377 wretchednessc1380 misdoingc1460 malefice1591 turpitude1597 meschantery1634 misactiona1667 naughtiness1789 wrongdoing1874 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) liii. 413 Mine misdæda bioð simle beforan me. OE Ælfric Homily (Vitell. C.v) in J. C. Pope Homilies of Ælfric (1967) I. 324 He mæg forgyfan ealra manna synna [þe hiom soð]lice behreowsiað heora misdæda, on eallum middanearde. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 10618 Þatt missdede..wass don. Þurrh adam. & þurrh eue. c1300 St. John Baptist (Laud) 86 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 32 (MED) Lo, here godes lomb, þat bi-nimeth þe worldes mis-dede. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 113 He ous wylle uoryene oure misdedes ase we uoryeueþ to ham þet ous mis-doþ. c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 281 He was wounded for oure mysdedes [v.r. mesdedes] and defouled by oure felonyes. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 16 (MED) God..graunt hem..Here mysse and here mysdedus to mend. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 969 Ye..suffird me in perell of deth... And for that myssedede I ensure you now but dethe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms l. 9 Turne thy face fro my synnes, and put out all my myszdedes. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E4 That from their own misdeeds askaunce their eyes. View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 189 Like Caitiff vile, that for misdeed Rides with his face to rump of Steed. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 142 Thy great Misdeeds have met a due Reward. View more context for this quotation 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 290 That impious race to all their past mis-deeds Would add our blood. 1790 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 15 The stammering of one who endeavours to excuse a misdeed which he resolves to commit. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. vi. ii. 53 These misdeeds were not entirely unmixed with good actions. 1896 T. F. Tout Edward I (ed. 2) iv. 83 The royal officials committed so many misdeeds that the king..was obliged to make a stern example. 1942 Jrnl. Philos. 39 464 Either malice or negligence must be present in a misdeed if its perpetrator is properly to be blamed..for it. 1991 Sunday Tel. (Sydney) 17 Mar. 23/1 (heading) Laboring under a list of misdeeds. 2. Such deeds collectively; misconduct, wrongdoing; wickedness, sinfulness. Formerly also: †maltreatment (obsolete). poetic in later use. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 ?c1250 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Egerton) 132 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 292 (MED) A wulche time so eure þe man ofþinchet his misdede [v.r. misdade; rhyme sede]. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2045 To liuen in hagt Or for misdede, or for on-sagen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 4445 Tua men..To prisun sent for þair misdede. a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 30 (MED) So mykil he þoled vngulty for oure synnes; & wite he wel, forsoþe, he þat may not þole mysdede, he dispisiþ þe name of God, þat is, Ihesu Crist. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 104 (MED) No man wiþ right may oþer slo For no mysdede ne for no wo. 1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux xlix. f. 9 The sonnes of mischiefe and misdeed..Had slaine their King. 1613 W. Leighton Teares or Lament. 147 Yu part'st hence loade with misdeed, And of good workes th'art naked bare. 1717 E. Fenton tr. Homer Odyssey in Poems Several Occasions 103 Oedipus her Son, to whom she deign'd Spousal Embraces, thoughtless of Mis-deed. 1798 W. Dunlap Andre i. 17 I mean him too; sunk by misdeed, not fortune. 1893 R. Garnett Poems 163 Mistake, misfortune, and misdeed, Passion and pang. 1916 C. M. Doughty Titans v. 122 In World beneath, Misdeed is rife, which severs souls from God. 1995 G. Greer tr. C. de Pisan in Slip-shod Sibyls (1996) i. 7 He has not in him either blame nor misdeed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOE |
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